I’m not sure what the weight of the vehicle has to do with the tragedy. The problem was clearly with the height of the vehicle. TxDOT says you can be 14′-0″ without a permit, and most bridges are 14’7″ so it seems the driver missed the warning signs, but that doesn’t excuse that fact that the bridge was built too low for could be LEGALLY travelling vehicles. The weight would not be a factor in this accident, therefore its irrelevant, and is just an attempt at this news outlet to come up with material to publish.
Maybe a different news article was posted when you replied but every article that I read mentions that the load was too high. I don’t know where you get news outlets are mentioning the weight of the vehicle.
The bridge was under construction, not a finished project. according to local news in Central Texas, the roadbed was to be widened and lowered as part of this project. The new bridge under construction was to allow the increase in the number of lanes and lowering the roadbed. So the trucking firm owner’s comments about why the bridge was built to low are incorrect.
This article states the load was overweight, thus the first comments. I do not know if the overweight permit would have involved route tracking around this construction site.
I’m not sure what the weight of the vehicle has to do with the tragedy. The problem was clearly with the height of the vehicle. TxDOT says you can be 14′-0″ without a permit, and most bridges are 14’7″ so it seems the driver missed the warning signs, but that doesn’t excuse that fact that the bridge was built too low for could be LEGALLY travelling vehicles. The weight would not be a factor in this accident, therefore its irrelevant, and is just an attempt at this news outlet to come up with material to publish.
Maybe a different news article was posted when you replied but every article that I read mentions that the load was too high. I don’t know where you get news outlets are mentioning the weight of the vehicle.
The bridge was under construction, not a finished project. according to local news in Central Texas, the roadbed was to be widened and lowered as part of this project. The new bridge under construction was to allow the increase in the number of lanes and lowering the roadbed. So the trucking firm owner’s comments about why the bridge was built to low are incorrect.
This article states the load was overweight, thus the first comments. I do not know if the overweight permit would have involved route tracking around this construction site.